Trial reportEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2008
Potential efficacy of early treatment of acute acoustic trauma with steroids and piracetam after gunshot noise.
Trial report in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Recovery rate after acute acoustic trauma: a case series and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Injury of sonic weapons to human body: A narrative review.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2026Review
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- A Prospective Study to Elucidate the Efficacy of 4 Oral Prednisolone Regimens in Acute Acoustic Trauma.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022Article
- Effects of Oxygen Therapies in Experimental Acute Acoustic Trauma.The journal of international advanced otology · 2021Article
- Systematic Transcriptome Analysis of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Pathogenesis Suggests Inflammatory Activities and Multiple Susceptible Molecules and Pathways.Frontiers in genetics · 2020Article
- Noise-induced hearing loss and its prevention: Integration of data from animal models and human clinical trials.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2019Review
- Inflammation associated with noise-induced hearing loss.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2019Review
- Chronic inflammation - inflammaging - in the ageing cochlea: A novel target for future presbycusis therapy.Ageing research reviews · 2017Review
- Emerging therapeutic interventions against noise-induced hearing loss.Expert opinion on investigational drugs · 2017Review
- Pharmacological agents used for treatment and prevention in noise-induced hearing loss.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2016Review
- Emerging treatments for noise-induced hearing loss.Expert opinion on emerging drugs · 2011Review
- Effects of parenteral papaverine and piracetam administration on cochlea following acoustic trauma.Noise & healthArticle
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Abstract
The purpose of this randomized study was to evaluate the early effect of the treatment of acute acoustic trauma (AAT) with steroids and piracetam in a sample of 52 young soldiers who were exposed to intense gunfire noise (G3 rifle). These patients were divided into three groups: (1) group A (20 patients) in which the treatment began within the first hour after the AAT, (2) group B (17 patients) in which the treatment started more than 1 h later and less than 16 h after the AAT and (3) group C (15 patients) in which the treatment began after 24 h or more. One month after the treatment onset, 36 (69%) patients of all the groups showed hearing improvement (complete-partial recovery) in the pure tone audiometry. The greater number of patients who showed complete recovery after AAT was noted in group A (65%) compared to group B (23.5%) and C (13.3%). Moreover, in group A, in the final audiogram, the averaged hearing threshold was statistically better (P < 0.001) than that of groups B and C. In spite of the lack of control group, our data demonstrated the possible effectiveness of the immediate onset of treatment of AAT.
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